Tome Thursday: Light of the Jedi

 

Hello everyone!

 

We are, once again, travelling to the galaxy far, far away.

 

And man have I missed it.

 

Every once in a while I honestly feel like jumping into an X-wing and taking off, but it's not every single day that I'm in the mood for it. However, I've been pretty excited about the announcement that came from the Star Wars franchise regarding the direction they'd be taking their publishing efforts.

 

When someone mentions ANYTHING connected to the Republic - any version of it - I'm going to get excited.

 

So this entire new premise for the publishing group sounds like something that might go into a REALLY good place after they get over the initial hurdles.

 

And boy ... are there hurdles, let me tell you.

 

This new era for Star Wars books begins with Charles Soule's story, titled Light of the Jedi. Let's see what it's all about!

 

Synopsis Saturday: LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

 

"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ..." 

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a lovely weekend so far and that all my friends who celebrate Thanksgiving are going to enjoy it (or are enjoying it) to the maximum!

Here it's finally starting to get a little colder, which means that it's time to pull out all the music and movies that makes us all want to be all cozy and happy at home. For me, this generally means Hallmark because, let's face it.

NOBODY does Christmas like Hallmark does it.

No matter how many other movies they film and other subcategories they have at their disposal, Christmas is still their biggest marketing niche of the year. They normally release at least 30 new movies, though the number may be lower this year due to the pandemic, but they've been up to the 50 already.

However, nope, not Hallmark tonight.

Tonight, it's just Disney. And Star Wars.

And Life Day in the 2020 LEGO Holiday Special!

Synopsis Saturday: The Mandalorian

"This is the Way."

Hello everyone!

Switching it up a little this Saturday, because really, how could I not?

I may be doing this a few upcoming Saturdays as well because there's been some really great things on television that I couldn't fit into my Talkie Tuesdays, but I just might be able to find them a place on Saturdays!

I am, of course, talking (among other things) about His Dark Materials, the first season of which concluded just before Christmas.

I'm undecided if I should do an episode by episode recap of those, or just a general Saturday one, so I'll figure it out eventually.

First, however, it's time to travel to a galaxy far, far away.

The Mandalorian raced out the gate as strong as it could possibly be, gained momentum around all the tight corners, and finished off with an explosive bang.

Saturday Snippet: The Mandalorian

Progress 🤣

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*screencaps by me

Tome Thursday: Star Wars Hachette

Hello everyone!

This week's book blog post is a bit of a cheat, all things considered, but I didn't want to just not post anything since I will be out and about most of the day. I wanted to give you guys SOMETHING.

So I remembered that I'd read a very short book, more novella really, or a sort of children's version of a story, a couple of days back.

Once again I seem to be on a Star Wars binge as I've discovered The Clone Vars novelization, and I have to say it's the very first novelization so far that I want to have as a physical copy. Karen Traviss really seems to understand the characters well, she gives scenes time to breathe, and doesn't just tell the readers, she sort of shows them, too.

What I didn't know prior to reading Traviss' book (which I am right now) was that another one I had, in French, was basically the same thing - only condensed!

The Biblioteque Verte version has the Clone Wars animation cover, and even though it's French, I could absolutely see and feel all the puns thrown back and forth between the characters.

Saturday Snippet: Yoda

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*image not mine